Carpenter&#39;s square.



s. TAYLOR. CARPENTERS SQUARE. APPLICATION FILED MAY l6, I916.

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swarms PATENT OFFICE.

SAM TAYLOR, 0F MORGANTOWN, NORTH CAROLINA.

CARPENTEBS SQUARE.

whom iii-may concern.-

Beit knownthat' I, SAM Tarpon, a citizen of the United States, residing atMorgantown, in the county of Burke and State of North Carolina, have invented certain "new and useful Improvements in Carpentakes. "Another object is to provide an in stru'rnent of this character with means by T arrangement hereinafter which the p-roperangle for constructing any 'of themore common and quickly laid off.

polygons can be easily. -With the above o'bjectsin view,-the in-,

describedclaiined, and illustrated in the accompany- "ing drawings, in which; I

Figure 1 is a view of an ordinary steel .quare with my improvements applied thereto, parts being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, Showing the blade of the square, and illustrating a slightly modified arrangement; and, i-gs'if'is aj-Tienlarged fragmenta view of. a portion of the body of a square s owing a still further modified arran ement.

In the drawin s, many 0 the fractional subdivisions of t e scale have been omitted for the sake of clearness. Referring to Fig. 1, it will be noted that I prefer to distinguish the even inch scale divisions from the fractional divisions by forming a small hole a adjacent the edge of the square. This feature may be a plied to both the body A and the blade B o the square, as shown in Fig. 1.

In order that every third inch may be readily and unmistakably distin ished, I may provide a single larger ho e at each third inch, marked as indicated at 6, at the 3, 6, 9, 12, etc. inch marks as shownon the body of the square in said figure. While I have shown a. single hole 5, it will, of course, be understood that'two or more such holes can be employed if desired.

A preferred arrangement, how' ever, for indicating multiple inch scale divisions, such, for example, as every third inch, with Specification ofil'ietters l'atem.

Patented Sept. 11, 1917.

Applic ion med May 16,1816." sesame. 91,973.,

I unmistakable acburacy, shown in the ble de portion of thesquare illustrated in Fig. 1. Referring to this figure, it will be seen that at the scale division 3, I provide one larger hole 0 in addition to the small hole a; at the 6 inch division 1 provide two such holes 0; at the 9 inch division, three such holes, etc., thus indicating by the number of holes the number of inch group units from the corner of the square. Thus, for the fifth group of threeinches each, or fifteen inches, 1 provide five holes. In this arrangement, the small holes wmay be omitted and the inch marks distinguished by the larger holes, if desired.

In Fig. 2, I have shown still a third usion and mismethod. of distinguishing inch groups by -charaoteristic marks. In this figure I have shown, how this can be done by punching the figures,,such as 3, 6, 9, etc. into or through the metal of the blade B, as by means. of,.a die. In any of the methods p @illustrated, ityvill beseen that it is imposvent1on' consists 1n the construction and. .s ble for, the distinguishing or characteristic and .marks separating the inchgroups to become r holes the body ofthes uare. I prefer to indicate the number of si es of the polygon by the number of holes ap earin in each row. Thus, for a triangle, use t ree holes, as indicated at d; for a pentagon, I employ five holes, as shown at f; for a hexagon, six holes 9, etc. I also provide a row of four holes a, disposed at an angle of 45, thus making the diagonal of a square or a. true miter.

In order to still further distinguish the various angles, and as an additional means of indicating the number of sides of the polygons to which they correspond, I place eac row of holes adjacent its corresponding number on the scale. Thus, the row of six holes, indicating the angle of a hexagon, extends from the figure 6; the row of seven holes h, indicating the angle of a heptagon, extends from the figure 7; the row of elght holes i, indicating the angle of an octagon, extends from the figure 8, and so on, indefinitely. The only exception to this is in the case of the triangle, the three holes 1 forming an oblique row the line oa or of which preferably extend from the figure 1, in order to avoid conflict with the other rows of holes.

In Fi 3, I have illustrated still another method y which the angles of the various polygons may be indicated and distinguished. In this arrangement, 1 preferably form on the body A of the square, as by stamping, outlines of the various polygons, and extend one side of each across the width of the square to form the proper angle with the edge of the square; has, in Big. 3, I have shown a hexagon at is, and an octagon at 1. One side of the hexagon is extended to form the line nt-n, and one side of the octagon is extended to form the line p-0. One terminal of these lines may be marked by the usual small hole a at one side, and a small hole g adjacent the opposite edge of the square, or the hole such as dq may be omitted and the line simply exten ed to the ed e of the square, as indicated at 0.

t will be understood that the angles formed by the lines, such as o-p and m-'n, with the edge of the square, are in reality equal to one-half of the corresponding angles of the respective olygons. This applies also to the rows 0 holes (1, e, f, g, h, above described. For example, to lay o the proper angle for an octagon, the points 0 and a, or o and p, will be marked on the work and the square then reversed, so that o-p will take up the direction o-m. The angle ar-o-m 15 then the proper angle for an octagon. In the same way, the angle a-g is the proper an le for a hexagon, etc. W ere the rows of ho es are employed, as in Fig. 1 the two sides of the angle may be readi y laid off by marking the work with a pencil point through the end holes, and then rolling the square over on its edge so as to bring the other face into contact with the work, and marking through the end hole in this new osition. It 18 thought that the metho of using the square and laying off these angles will be apparent without further discussion.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described a flat blade or the like having a scale, an provided with a series of groups of perforations located at certain scale divisions thereof, the number of perforations in each group increasing progressively from one end of the scale to the other.

2. In a device of the class described, an instrument provided with a straight edge and a scale, said instrument having means associated with each unit scale division thereof for defining, in conjunction with said straight edge, an angle bearing a definite simple relation to the angle of a regular polygon, the number of sides of the olygon being indicated by the position of the particular division in the scale.

3. A measuring instrument comprising a flat portion having a pair of straight, parallel edges and provided with a row of perforations extending across the same, said row of perforations being disposed at such an inclination to said edges as to form therewith an angle equal to one half the angle of a regular polygon.

4. A measuring instrument having a straight edge, and provided with a lurality of rows of perforations exten ing across the same and each forming with the straight edge an angle bearing a definite relation to that of a regular olygon, the number of perforations in eacl i row corresponding to the number of sides of the flpplygon.

n testimony whereof I have a ed my signature.

SAM TAYLOR. 

